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Cloud Engineer

Job Locations RO-Cluj
Entity
Group Technology
ID
2026-148288
Category
Digital IT
Type
Full Time
Contract
Permanent
Hours Per Week
40

Overview

Cloud Engineer

 

 (Hybrid, Cluj, Romania)

 

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in. 

At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation. 

We are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office, located in Cluj. Talk to us about how we can best support you! 

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles, even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements. 

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

 

We offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career:  

    • Annual performance bonus
    • Employee referral bonus
    • Private medical coverage (Regina Maria – Priority Plan)
    • Option to extend coverage to your spouse or children at no extra cost
    • Life insurance (Metropolitan Life)
    • Eyeglasses vouchers
    • 7Card fitness membership (co-funded)
    • Access to LinkedIn Learning, LEO Learning, and Bookster
    • Fresh fruit bar and premium coffee
    • Modern, collaborative workspace
    • Hybrid work model
    • Flexible working schedule
    • 21 days of annual leave + extra days based on tenure (up to 25 days)
    • Additional days off when public holidays fall on weekends
    • Paid leave for special life events
    • Meal vouchers
    • Gift vouchers (up to 4 per year), offered for occasions like Christmas, Easter, March 8th, and June 1st

What's the job?

As a Cloud Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in managing containerized and virtual machine workloads across multiple cloud platforms. Your primary objectives will be to ensure the high availability of our platform and the efficient placement of workloads and compute resources. You will be responsible for maintaining cloud infrastructure and building new self-service capabilities that other teams can consume, to deploy their resources into AWS or GCP.
You will collaborate closely with development teams to enhance infrastructure processes, drive automation, and improve service performance. 

 

Responsibilities:

  • Build, manage, and improve AWS and GCP cloud capabilities, focusing on automation and continuous delivery. 
  • Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters and other container platforms. 
  • Consult with product teams to implement and automate best practices. 
  • Share knowledge and improve team maturity in operational practices. 
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing and ensure consistent implementation of IAAS and PAAS.
  • Maintain common pipelines, production paths, shared standards and practices. 
  • Collaborate with other teams to align platform vision with infrastructure strategies and Open Source/vendor technology. 

What you'll bring

Skills & Experience: 

  • Extensive experience in DevOps methodologies, including CI/CD automation, configuration management, and release engineering. 
  • Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, monitoring, and securing clusters in production environments. 
  • Deep understanding of cloud platforms, AWS and GCP (nice to have), with hands-on experience in provisioning, networking, security, and cost optimization. 
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools, such as Terraform or CloudFormation, to automate and manage infrastructure at scale. 
  • Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design and optimization, with hands-on experience using tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins.  
  • Experience in observability and monitoring, with familiarity in tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or Dynatrace to ensure system reliability and performance. 
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems and support teams in making informed infrastructure decisions. 
  • Excellent command of English (written and spoken) 

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At Kingfisher we value having a diverse workforce and representing the communities that we serve, and want to ensure that all employees, future employees, and applicants to all Kingfisher companies are treated equally.

If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you make an application or are applying for a UK based position and would like to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, please contact us at kingfisher.recruitment@kingfisher.com

or if you wish to find out more about us, including the benefits we offer and our community, sustainability and inclusion projects Visit Kingfisher Careers